Gender Fluid AFAB in Need of Financial Assistance

Hey there,

I go by Cap!

Thanks for checking out my Go Fund Me page!

Before we get into the nitty gritty of it all, here’s a bit about me and how we got here.

Please beware of the following trigger warnings: Back injury, Anxiety Disorder, Depressive Disorder, PTSD, and Eating Disorder.

In May of 2022, after 11 moves in 12 years, I moved into my first apartment! It was an incredible blessing filled with ups and downs, but most importantly gave me the opportunity to focus on my wellbeing. After almost 27 years of struggling with undiagnosed disorders, I had created a stable space to call home and found a job that allowed the access to medical care that I desperately craved. By this point I had been working with my therapist for a little over 8 months and we were working on a plan for recovery from my recently found fibroid, an eating disorder I inherited at the age of 5, and the obvious anxiety and depression that had persisted throughout my life. Things were going great; I was cruising on the road to recovery.

All that recovery came to a halt in September of 2022, when I experienced a traumatic back injury. While at a friend’s Labor Day party, I fell 7 feet directly onto my spine into a cement basement due to a poorly placed, deteriorating wooden bench. The time I’d invested in my healing became obsolete as I watched my mental health quickly decline due to the lack of mobility and heightened pain levels. By October, I was working with a psychiatrist who formally diagnosed me with anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, acute PTSD, and OSFED. Although the diagnosis confirmed what I had guessed at all along, with it came dread that I’d have to start my healing journey all over again.

At the height of my mental and physical pain in April 2022, I considered interning myself into a mental health facility, but due to the financial toll of medical bills, I was afraid that I would lose the safety of my home, job security and health insurance. With the support of my therapist and psychiatrist, I chose to push forward, the year that ensued, was arduous, lonely, and financially depleting, but I was able to stabilize my mental health.

Here we are now, January 2024 and I am looking ahead. This time, I am choosing to ask for help from my community. Although I am proud of how far I’ve come, the reality is that I’m back to where I was in May of 2022: Beginning the journey of healing my E.D. and multiple disorders, except now, I am struggling to catch up with the mounting medical bills and overdue rent. After all of this, the last thing I want to do is lose my home and the momentum to receive the help that I need.

So here I am, asking the world, the universe, a stranger, an acquaintance, an old friend, a new friend, anyone for help. I am sincerely grateful to you for reading my story.

Any help would be deeply appreciated and would be met with immeasurable gratitude.

I am currently asking for $18,000 to cover the following in prioritized order:

With lots of love,

Capricorn